where did chess start and how

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littleshifu

how did chess start and how 

yakushi12345

1. go to wikipedia

2. type chess into search bar

3. learn.

losingmove

It started in India I heard...someone just said well some Rajas can be a man and these ones here can be less significant and someone else said wait a minute the universe is limitless it'd be impossible to play the kind of game I think you want to play...so let's confine your Rajas and less significant pieces in a grid of squares...that way the parameters are less daunting...but still quite challenging. Perfect for the human brain. White to move. Let's play!

johnmusacha

Anyone that trusts anything written on wikipedia is a douche bag.

losingmove

Especially concerning the volatile subject of chess!

Kingpatzer

Any answer beyond "No one knows for sure" is most likely wrong.

batgirl

I'm a no one. Does that mean I know for sure?

losingmove

No. It just means you're a no one.

batgirl

ah shucks!

losingmove

Just kidding...you're batgirl

littleshifu

I believe chess is a variation of a game from India.

NimzoRoy

http://blog.chess.com/NimzoRoy/a-history-of-chess

Chessaddictedprakhar

We Indians invented it... :).,. Our kings used to play it..

chesswitness

It was started in Sri Lanka by one of King Ravan's Queen. 

chesswitness

Also the debate about in which country does not really matter, it was started on Planet Earth by a human being and its being played on Planet Earth by human beings. 

The only variation in today's chess from the original chess, is en passant rule, no two step first moves for pawn, I am not sure about Castling but I think it was there. 

littleshifu

I'm not so sure about castling